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  • In no time, Thursday discovers that the Well of Lost Plots is a veritable linguistic free-for-all where grammasites run rampant, plot devices are hawked on the black market, and lousy books (like the one she has taken up residence in) are scrapped for salvage.

    The Well of Lost Plots: Summary and book reviews of The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde. 2004

  • The crime webzine Plots With Guns is looking for submissions to a special issue to be called Plots With Ray Guns.

    Nick Mamatas' Journal nihilistic_kid 2009

  • At any rate, it is not unusual to see short stories by well-published novelists in non-paying venues such as Plots With Guns or Out of The Gutter—that is a major difference between mystery and SF.

    Nick Mamatas' Journal nihilistic_kid 2009

  • These people have conjured up so many fraudulent "Plots" that they can't produce evidence for that making premature "hits" is necessary so that their frauds are never seen in the form of a real "terrorist" attack.

    Tunnel plot? yeah right! 2006

  • It may be significant that Booker's title is 'Plots', whereas Pratchett talks about story.

    Archive 2006-02-01 Carla 2006

  • It may be significant that Booker's title is 'Plots', whereas Pratchett talks about story.

    Narrative causality and the seven basic plots Carla 2006

  • Plots that thread through several books, eg the life of Tom Riddle, all hang together within the universe created by the author.

    Writing Maxine 2009

  • Plots by the Confederate States to annex Northern Mexico during the Civil War did not work out too well, either.

    Confederates in Mexico 2009

  • Plots and deceptions abound, as Julio and Julia navigate their budding emotions while everyone acts crazier and crazier—and the little green men remain a tantalizing cipher.

    Humanity's Many Faces Steve Dollar 2011

  • Terrorist Plots, 1999-2009, looked at not only cases associated with al-Qaeda and its affiliates and supporters, but terrorist attacks planned by white supremacist or anti-government militias, animal rights groups, environmental activists and opponents of abortion.

    How to detect terrorist plots: Old-fashioned digging Peter Finn 2010

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